Have any one of you hunted Kudu as well as Moose? Want to know if they are similar etc. Got this nice bull the other day.
We don't need you coming in here showing off all your fancy animals, this site is whitetails brochacho... J/k man, that thing is amazing. I've never hunted them, mainly because the zoo doesn't allow hunting, hippies. Welcome to the site. Please start a thread posting up all your other adventures, they're always fun to see. Again, congrats
Bushveld, Congratulation on an incredible trophy! He's a dandy! You need to recount the hunt for us. In my opinion, Kudu act like our mule deer but have the size and elusiveness of an elk. They are much smaller in size compared to moose. I've successfully hunted all four of the species mentioned. I think what sets a moose and elk hunt apart from a kudu hunt is the ability to entice the former with vocalizations. Calling to moose and elk and getting them to come is pure excitement! As far as the gear, the equipment you used to kill your kudu bull will work nicely on both moose and elk.
Thanks for the reply. I shot him out of a pit blind, not very rewarding as I'm more a W&S hunter. Will post other adventures cause W&S is just that, one hell of an adventure. He was facing me dead on, I took the shot at 19 yards and he went about 50 meters. First animal I took with the bow this year, got a couple with the Sako 222.
Cool, I'm about the stalk. Congratulations on the Kudu, it's a beauty. Do you ever get a chance to try some of the game you get overseas? I'm curious what game like Kudu tastes like.
I'm the wrong person to ask what it takes like. I only eat venison and to tell you the truth, depending on how it was prepared you wont taste the difference between Kudu, Eland etc of the South African game, when you get to the smaller species then you sometimes taste the difference. I haven't had any specie that you hunt over there but i think it will be the same? Gotta find out. I see your bows etc as way cheaper than what we pay over here. Wondering what you pay to hunt over there?
I probably spend a couple hundred dollars on licenses every year. I only hunt public land or private land I can get on for free.
Bushveld - keep the posts coming, your variety of game over there is very interesting to me! As far as you coming to the states for a hunt - with plenty of free public ground in the Western states (where you would want to be for most big game anyway)...I'd imagine you'll spend more on airfare than anything else.
Thanks Matt. How does it work there? You just buy a permit and you're off searching for your Big Buck on the public grounds?
Bush, I'm probably not the one to advise on this - as I've only hunted out West once just last year. I'm located in Illinois - our only big game is whitetail deer - kind of boring compared to Western states (or Africa). Each state has their own regulations and tags. Some require you to apply beforehand (or even build up points over years to draw good tags). Other states allow for "over the counter" tags which you could just buy once you arrived. Once you decide on a state, species, and tag...then you would need to focus on the units(states divided up into units or counties for controlling game populations) within that state that your tag is good for and get maps of the public land available to hunt. At that point, you're ready to set out and do some hunting. So Yes, for example, you could fly into Colorado, buy an Elk tag($550) at the sporting goods store, drive to the various State Forests or Wilderness Areas and be off and hunting Elk.
